Man charged with threatening to kill woman, 11-year-old child
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GRIFFITHVILLE — A 45-year-old Swifton man who wielded a gun and threatened to kill a woman and 11-year-old in Griffithville is facing several charges, including two counts of aggravated assault.
A warrant was issued earlier this month at the request of the 17th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for Adam Lynn Cooprider on the two class D felonies, class B felony possession of firearms by certain persons and class A misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree. He was charged as a habitual offender.
Cooprider was in custody Friday in the Ouachita River Correctional Unit.
He is set to appear in White County Circuit Court on Tuesday for plea and arraignment.
White County Sheriff’s Office Detective Chris Ellis wrote in the affidavit that Cooprider was in the front yard of a Griffithville residence when officers arrived May 7. “Cooprider had removed his pants and was showing signs of intoxication, such as physically stumbling as he moved and slurred speech,” Ellis wrote.
When asked if he had any weapons on him, Cooprider said that he didn’t, but when he lifted his shirt, he reportedly was wearing “a belt, holster and firearm.”
Although he was “initially resistant,” Cooprider was arrested and secured, Ellis wrote.
The homeowners reportedly said that Cooprider was “an acquaintance” and had come to their home on a motorcycle. After arriving, though, he “was agitated that the seat on his motorcycle was loose and claimed that someone at the residence had tampered with it.”
One of the residents went inside to shower, while the other, along with an 11-year-old who was visiting, remained outside with Cooprider, who reportedly “suddenly pulled out a firearm and began waving it around, while saying that he was going to kill them.
They reportedly “ran to the neighbor’s house to call 911.”
